Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , I was rather surprised that a family must pay 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for kids to visit and listen to the BBC 's exhibition of favourite old radio programmes at Broadcasting House . |
| 2 | I was n't sure whether a distant haziness was dark vegetation or my vision being hazy . |
| 3 | I was as happy as a pig in shit . |
| 4 | I was as sick as a dog . |
| 5 | I was as stiff as a poker , and as red-hot with pain . |
| 6 | and I was better qualified than a lot of guys in my class and yet they left college and got a job right away ! |
| 7 | Whatever her reasoning , I was greatly shocked that a woman of her achievements and reputation should stoop to such shabby fibbing . |
| 8 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 9 | I was more baffled than a pregnant postulant in a eunuch 's prefab . |
| 10 | I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar . |
| 11 | The punt sailed out across a stretch of the cistern which was as calm as a pond . |
| 12 | An occasion marked by a speech from the president himself , Peter Mead of Abbot Mead Vickers , which was noticeably defensive although a few of the jokes might have been considered mildly offensive by one or two sections of society ( indicating that the IPA , like kindred bodies , is still predominantly white , male and middle-class ) . |
| 13 | So try twelve pennies and find all the numbers that will multiply together to make twelve and one you mentioned earlier which was very good cos a lot of people forget it was just twelve ones or one twelve . |
| 14 | We had stuff like a ‘ 79 Marshall combo , which was really wonderful and a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier amp , which was a beautiful amp . |
| 15 | She was visibly astonished when a strange little giggle broke from him , after which he stared at her defiantly . |
| 16 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 17 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 18 | She was as strong as a little horse . |
| 19 | But , she was as nervous as a kitten because we were , we were in a one of these Canadian type er |
| 20 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 21 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 22 | In fact she was as quiet as a mouse and Ruth hardly knew she was there . |
| 23 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 24 | Wearing Havvie 's ring , a diamond heirloom given to all Blaine brides , laughing , talking and playing with him as the London season began , Sally-Anne persuaded herself that she was as happy as a girl could be , Terry Rourke 's betrayal wiped out and forgotten . |
| 25 | She was as bright as a button . |
| 26 | When she was examined , she did indeed have a nasty attack of herpes , but the doctor who looked at her noticed that she was as brown as a berry . |
| 27 | She was as tense as a cat stalking a bird . |
| 28 | She was as white as a ghost , and her eyes were shadowed as if she had n't slept properly for weeks . |
| 29 | The therapist judged that Margaret had made a very serious attempt to kill herself , that she was severely depressed and a continuing suicide risk , Although Margaret felt that nothing could be done to help her she agreed to be admitted to a psychiatric unit . |
| 30 | Elizabeth and I turned on him severely , and told him that someone who was both old and a distinguished writer was not to be bothered with such things . |